P S Anand Prakash

Founder & CEO, Chargewave Energykem Pvt. Ltd., India

Mr Prakash worked for a Boiler manufacturing company as Design Assistant in 1991 & observed a need to improve combustion side workability. He then conducted research on the combustion reaction for over 25 years covering oxidation & redox reaction environments & developed chemical interference agents to selectively fail unwanted reactions.

In depth research of over 15 years covering all aspects of reaction environments in the BF, conditions for success & failure of any reaction, reaction efficiency / inefficiency, root cause analysis for SLR, DRR & solutions that could be offered.

2) Contrary to the general understanding prevailing in the BF, all CO2 does not completely react with C at the Tuyere, some portion remains Unreacted (no reaction is ever 100% efficient).

This Unreacted CO2 enters the Bosh over heats some FeO to higher than successful CO reacting temperature, failing the reaction, creating compulsory conditions for DRR, later enters the Thermal Reserve Zone, causing SLR.